Example sentences of "but [art] numbers be " in BNC.

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1 But the numbers are expected to rise sharply .
2 The average passenger spent 3% less time at the airports but the numbers are 4m ahead at 44m in the half year to September .
3 The club is working well but the numbers are dropping which is quite normal at this particular time of the year .
4 As many as a third of these received a custodial sentence , but the numbers were too small to detect differences in sentencing patterns .
5 There were only half a dozen sergeants in the mess , but the numbers were made up by the civilian engineers who worked on the project .
6 The numbers of children diagnosed and born each year fluctuated , but the numbers were small and there was no noticeable trend with time .
7 the employers of 1984 IT Advanced Course students did include some user companies , but the numbers were small in comparison to more mainstream IT work ;
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